Sliding door.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1905;.

P. H. PUSWGHBL. SLIDING DOOR. APPLIKOATION FILED JAN. 8, 1903.

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Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL H. PUSCHEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 728,008, dated May 12, 1903.

Application filed January 8, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL H. PUsoHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Doors, of which the following isa specication.

This invention relates to sliding doors particularly intended for boX-Wagonsgand its object is to provide a door which will lie flush with the side of the wagon when closed and which can be easily moved into open or closed positions.

The invention has other objects in view, which will appear hereinafter in the detailed description, reference beingvhad to the accompanying drawings, which show the invention as it is embodied in a sliding door for a box-wagon.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a side frame of a wagon, showing my improved door.` Fig. 2. is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 and showing the top. Fig. 4 is a detail plan showing the upper guide-plate.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in the several gures of the drawings, Which show only so much of the frame of the wagon as is necessary to understand the invention.

The side frame comprises the rocker 10, the posts 11, the top strip 12, and the box part 13. The door is located betweentwo posts, and Wooden panels or curtains may be arranged between the other posts. In the drawings I have shown a solid door 14, which of course may be paneled and constructed in any suitable manner. rllhis door is arranged to lie flush with the outer face of the side of the wagon, and to prevent the entrance of dirt and water I provide the facing-strips` 15, which are set into the door at each side edge thereof and overlap the door-posts, which are cut out to receive them. I also prefer to provide pins 16 at the back edge of the door to enter sockets 17 in the door-post, so that the door will be guided and held in its proper position. A lock 18 and a handle 19 are also provided for the purpose of locking the door and moving it into open or closedpositions.

The door is confined in place and guided at the top by a plate 20, fastened to the top Serial No. 138,287. (No model.)

or rollers 24 between said 4plate and the rocker in the cut-out portion of the latter and on which the door is moved. The rocker is also recessed at 25 and faced with a metal plate 26, on which the door rests.

The door is provided at its top and on its inner side with a metal iiange 27, which is arranged to engage the guide 20, `and at its bottom with a corresponding flange 27', on which the door stands and'which slides over the metal facing 26 and the sleeves or rollers 24 when the door is opened and closed. The guide-plates 20 and 21 extend, respectively, below and above the outer edges of the anges 27 and 27', but not suiciently to engage directly the door itself, and therefore the door can be moved outward beneathl the guideplate 2O and above the guide-plate 21 until the anges 27 and 27 engage with said plates. This enables the door to be moved from its closed position iush with the outer face of the side frame, so that it can be slid along over the sleeves or rollers into open position.

For the purpose of guiding the door into closed position I provide a wedge -shaped block with which the liange 27 will engage when the door is being closed and direct the rear edge of the door into its proper closed position, after which the forward edge can be pushed back into its proper position.

My improved door is inexpensive to build, and its construction is such that it can be operated very easily and without wearing the parts rapidly. It greatly improves the appearance of a wagon by reason Vof the fact that when closed it lies liush with the outer face of the side frame and can be made, to all intents and purposes, to appear as one of the panels of the frame with any lettering or decoration thereon desired. The upper part of the door and the guide-plate are protected by the overhanging wagon-top 29, Fig. 3, and the rocker is cut out at 22 not only to accommodate the sleeves or rollers 24, but also to avoid a closed groove or guideway, which would permit the accumulation of dirt, Water, ice, tc., and greatly interfere with the opening of the door.

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The working parts of the door which contact in the closing and opening operations are made of metal, so that they will not Wear rapidly, and the use of the ange 27' also greatly reduces the contacting area and friction, and therefore enables the door to be operated more easily. The invention is of simple construction and can be applied to new wagons or to old wagons very easily and inexpensively.

The recessed part of the rocker forms, in eiect, a sill for the door, which is guided in the guideways behind the guides 2O and 21. It will be observed that the door proper may be pulled outward into position between the upper and lower guide-plates, so that it can be slid into open position, the anges 27 and 27', however, engaging the guide-plates and preventing the door from becoming displaced.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, I claim- 1. The combination of a side frame of a wagon having a door-opening and comprising a rocker cut out for a portion of its length, a door, upper and lower guides for the door, and sleeves or rollers mounted in the cut-out portion of the rocker behind the lower guide and on which the door is adapted to slide.

2. The combination of a side frame of a wagon having a door-opening and comprising a rocker recessed in its upper face at the dooropening and cut out for a portion of its length in advance of the recessed portion, a door, upper and lower guides for the door, a metal facing for the recessed portion, supports for the door located in the cut-out portion of the rocker and behind the lower guide, and a metal flange on the lower end of the door supporting the door so that it may reach over the lower guide While the ange holds it in position.

3. The combination of a side frame of a wagon having a door-opening and comprising a rocker recessed in its upper face at the dooropening and cut out for a portion of its length in advance of the recessed portion, a door, a guide for the upper edge of the door, a guide for the lower edge of the door consisting of a plate fastened to the side of the rocker at the recessed and cut-out portion thereof, and a Wedge-shaped block arranged in the recessed portion of the rocker inside of and adjacent to said plate and at the rear end of the dooropening.

PAUL H. PUSCHEL.

Vitnesses:

WM. O. BELT, HELEN L. PECK. 

